Genesis 25:32
He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
In Context
31And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.
33Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
Cross References
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
Job 34:9For he hath said : Man shall not please God, although he run with him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:30-34
Esau Sells His Birthright. ( b. c. 1805.) 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave… Read the whole commentary →